Device for heating sad-irons



Patented Sept. l3, I898.

F. W. NEWTON. DEVICE FOR HEATING SAD IRONS.

(Application filed May 15, 1897.)

(No Model.)

FRANCIS IV. NEWTON, OF GAINESVILLE, TEXAS.

DEVICE FOR HEATING SAD-IRONS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 610,823, dated. September 13, 1898. Application filed May 15, 1897. Serial No. 636,724. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANCIS W. NEWTON, of Gainesville, in the county of Cooke and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Heating Sad-Irons; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to sad-iron heaters; and it consists, essentially, of an inclosing case having suitable draft-regulating dampers and rests for sad-irons, all of specific form.

The invention further consists of the details of construction and arrangement of the several parts, which will be more fully hereinafter described and claimed.

The object of the present invention is to provide a sad-iron heater of convenient form of construction wherein the drafts can be controlled by simple manipulation to regulate the consumption of fuel and the degree of heat.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a sad-iron heater embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a section on the line a a: of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section 011 the line y y of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings, wherein similar numerals of reference are employed to indicate corresponding parts in the several views, the numeral 1 designates a flared hollow base having a series of openings 2 therein to permit the air to pass therethrough and keep the same cool. In one side of said base 2 is a removable drawer or pan 3, and above the base and forming a part thereof by suitable connection is a heating-body 4, comprising a vertical portion 5 011 each side and sloping faces 6, converging toward the top of the heater. In the said vertical portions 5 of the body are openings 7, having inclosing converged covers 8, with upper end lips 9, to which the ends of the wire rim 10 are secured. In connection with the upper portions of each of the inclosing covers are slides 11, having inner bent ends 12 to take over the edges of the front portions of the said covers to hold the slides inseparably in connection with said covers. The wire rim 1O stands at asuitable distance above the upper edge of each of the covers and forms a guide for the movement of the slide, and the latter has an outer downturned flange 13 and an upper intermediate lip 14, adapted to engage the wire rim and limit the inward adjustment of the slide. Above each of the said slides 11 is a rest 15 for the heel of a sad-iron which bears against the adjacent converged face 6, and at the upper end of the latter is a retention-support 16, consisting of a strip of material havinga central V-shaped recess 17, with opposite flanges 18 to prevent the iron from tilting to one side or the other. On the top of the converged portion of the heating-body is a small fine 19, having a slot 20 in one side thereof alining with surrounding grooves 21, arranged horizontally and providing means for the reception, movement, and seating of a slide-damper 22, having an outer downwardly-extending limiting-flange 23 and an intermediate upwardly-extending tongue 24:, by which the same may be operated. On opposite sides of the said flue is also secured a bail 25, by which the entire device may be transported from one place to another. On the under side of the body just above the base 1 a perforate grate 26 is mounted, and therein are upwardly-projecting guide-fianges 27, in which are movably mounted the opposite angularlybent flanges of a grate-slide 28. In the central portion of the said perforate grate an elongated slot 29 is formed,'and therethrough depends a stud or analogous device 30, to which is attached the inner end of a rod 31, whose outer end extends through an opening in one side of the base. By this means the perforate grate can be partially cleared of ashes and the latter deposited in the said pan 3 and removed, as much ashes as possible being retained on the grate so long as the draft is not interfered with.

The device as an entirety is constructed of metal of any preferred nature, and it may have four or more engaging faces against which to rest the sad-irons. A fire is started within the device and charcoal placed thereon at a suitable time and becomes ignited, thereby heatingthe faces against which the sadirons rest rapidly and effectually. Should it be desired at any time to temper the heat, the upper damper in the flue 19 can be regulated the supports 15 and the point placed between.

the flanges 18. To accommodate the point of attachment of the handle to the rear of each sad-iron, the support 15 is centrally slotted, as at 32, and the shape of the support is adapted to conform to the heel of the iron placed thereon. By entirely closing the slides 11 and the damper 24: the fire will be put out, and the remaining fuel may be used at a subsequent time for heating without loss and expense.

It is obviously apparent that many minor changes in the details of construction and arrangement of the several parts might be made and substituted for those shown and described without in the least departing from the nature and spirit of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is- 1. In a sad-iron heater, the combination with a base havinga body thereon with faces against which the irons are adapted to be placed and openings below the said faces, inclosing covers for the said openings one side of said covers being open, and a slide adjustably mounted on each cover and arranged to close the open side thereof, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

2. In a sad-iron heater, the combination of a body having heating-faces with iron supports thereon and provided with openings below said supports, inclosing covers for the said openings having upper ears to which the ends of wire rims are attached, slides mounted on the upper part of the said inclosing covers and held in place by the said rims and having inner bent edges to engage the upper edge of the front portion of the inclosing covering, and outer depending flanges with an upwardlyextending intermediate tongue, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

3. A sad-iron heater, consisting of a suitable base, a body on said base and provided with heating-faces and openings below said faces, covers for said openings, the said covers having one side open, and a closure for the open side of each cover, the said'closures being pivotally and slidably connected to the covers, as and for the purpose set forth.

4. A sad-iron heater, consisting of a suit able base a body supported on said base and formed with heating-faces and draft-openings, and closures for said draft-openings, the said closures being formed with retaining edges, as and for the purpose specified.

5. A sad-iron heater, consisting of a base, a body thereon and formed with a heatingface and a draft-opening, an inclosing cover over said openings, and having its upper side left open, a guide above said open side, and a closure for said open side and mounted to slide between the cover and guide, the said closure having a retaining edge by which it is pivoted to the upper edge of the cover when it is at the outward limit of its movement, as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRANCIS W. NEWTON.

Witnesses:

R. B. HAWETH, W. W. I-IAWETH. 

